Alice Parker's Metamorphosis (Book 1 of the new adventure series for children) by Palmer Nicola

Author:Palmer, Nicola [Palmer, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Kallisto
Published: 2012-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Another Transformation

Alice felt quite peeved that Sarah took to the tree lift immediately. Thomas was with them – it had been useful to tell their parents that he would walk into town with them. As a rule, he slept for most of the day on Saturdays, but used the excuse of Christmas shopping to leave the house with the girls this morning. A far cry from Alice’s initial mistrust of the lift, when she held on until her knuckles were white, Sarah was thoroughly enjoying herself, as if on a ride at the fair.

‘I can hardly believe this!’ she declared, smiling, her eyes darting everywhere as they travelled below ground.

‘Stop it,’ said Alice, annoyed. ‘You look an idiot, grinning like that. You’re supposed to act like a mature, responsible friend when we get there.’

‘Alright, alright. I’m new to this. You have to admit though, it is brilliant, a lift inside a tree. Give me that.’

‘Oh, I suppose so,’ replied Alice, wishing she could be as laid-back as her friend. Perhaps Imogen and Fay were right to think that Sarah was a positive influence. She certainly had been a good friend lately, there was no denying that.

At first Sarah hadn’t believed Alice when she told her about Theo being kidnapped by Lucinda’s father.

‘NO WAY!’ she screeched. ‘No wonder you went for her yesterday! I’ll never be able to look at her in the same way again.’

They stepped out into the corridor and Alice sent the lift back up for her brother, who was waiting. There wasn’t room for three people in there.

Sarah looked around, studying everything in detail. ‘Incredible,’ she declared. ‘All this down here and we’ve been walking over it every day without knowing.’

‘I know what you mean,’ agreed Alice, beginning to feel quite proud to be part of it.

The lift arrived and Thomas stepped out.

‘Greetings, earthlings!’ he said in his very best alien voice, waving his arms in a welcoming gesture. ‘Let me take you to our leader!’ Alice rolled her eyes and shook her head at his daft behaviour. He pushed in front of them and led them to the door of the library.

‘I’ll leave you to it,’ he said. ‘You don’t need me this morning. I’m going to let my wings out and see what’s to eat. Good luck.’

‘Wait! How do you make your wings come out?’ asked Alice. ‘When you want them to, I mean.’

‘Rather than in the loo at school?’ joked Thomas. ‘Imogen will show you a quick and easy way for now. The other method takes a while to master.’ He disappeared into the changing rooms.

Alice took a deep breath and knocked on the library door. Imogen called them in. She stood up to greet them and held out her hand to Sarah.

‘Very glad to meet you,’ she said. ‘I’ve heard a lot about you.’

Sarah shook hands. She couldn’t take her eyes off Imogen’s exquisite robes and fantastic lilac-streaked hair.

‘Why haven’t you got your wings out today, Imogen?’ asked Alice, disappointed that her friend couldn’t see them.

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